Also, like Phred says, the list assumes you have money to do those things. I don’t remember the last time I bought coffee at a shop or bought flowers. Some of us are already cutting expenses drastically.

Cutting things out like a phone (my only phone is my cell) or internet (which allows me to manage job searches, finances, look at news, communicate with friends and family etc…) would be self defeating because the ‘traditional’ means of doing those things is actually more expensive, ie driving to visit people, buying a newspaper for the classifieds, driving around town to apply for jobs.

Cut expenses on unnecessary things but keep using services that allow you greater value than the alternative and those that will help you improve your station in life.